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• Technical assistance provided on DBC 1.4a • WCS continues to incorporate BALANCED tools and methodologies; and is
incorporating DBC methodology into their work SO-1and 3.1 Field based results
• 903 people 455 male and 448 female counseled on PHE and family planning • 646 condoms distributed to 536 men and 110 women
• 49 women referred to the health clinic; of these 30 went to the health center and received
some form of birth control • 30 women current users provided pills by PEs
3.4 Provide seed grant and technical support to Tree Kangaroo Conservation Project
in PNG
BALANCED is providing seed grant funding and technical assistance to the WPZ TKCP program in PNG. The 18-month seed grant is supporting the implementation of the “Healthy
Village, Healthy Forest: Integrating Healthy Family Planning and Conservation in Papua New Guinea” project and is building TKCP’s capacity to integrate and implement a CBFP initiative
into their conservation efforts. The project focusses on one region in the Yopno, Uruwa, and Som YUS Conservation Area YUS is the primary watershed in the region to:
• Increase awareness among YUS families of family planning and its role in health, food, and environmental conservation
• Improve access and use of FP methods and services TKCP conservation sites are located in very remote areas of Morobe Province, only reachable by
foot hours of walking after being dropped at an airstrip that TKCP had helped construct. Due to the isolated nature of the YUS LLG, government health services are insufficient in the
area. There are currently 10 aid posts and two health centers in the YUS LLG with only seven government-paid community healthcare workers. While health services are provided by the
government and civil society groups including churches and NGOs, service delivery remains a huge challenge.
In order to inform the community about PHE linkages and increase access to FP information and services, TKCP is implementing a peer education system that will promote pro-health and pro-
environment issues within the community and distribute FP methods or refer potential FP users to where they could access FP services in the villages. To increase community access to FP
services, local health center staff have been trained and informed of the project so they will easily accept referrals. A memorandum of understanding MOU was signed with Marie Stopes
International MSI to provide access to longer-term methods during MSI visits to the project sites—sites they had not heretofore visited. The local health centers have allowed MSI to provide
26 these services in their health centers. Key accomplishments of the TKCP seed grant during this
reporting period include: • Trained 43 APEs 38M; 7 F in the YUS region. The workshops were delayed because of
inclement weather and cloud cover that did not allow planes to fly into Lae • Together with the BALANCED PTAL, who visited PNG in October 2012, TKCP staff
facilitated the PHE youth peer education training in the Yopno region with 18 participants 9M: 9F from 13 villages within the YUS. The YPE training was co-
facilitated by four trainers 3 health workers and 1 TKCP staff previously trained by BALANCED. During the training, there were many observers—rangers, as well as some
of the trained APEs, community leaders and health workers from other areas districts and villages who had heard about the training and were interested to learn as well.
• The BCC messages developed and pretested by the project team at the start of the project were delivered during community meetings and explained in more detail by the APEs
and the health workers during counseling sessions with community members. The APEs and health workers used the one-on-one job aid developed as their guide to educate their
peers. They found it very effective even for community discussion. The communities said they are now better enlightened and understand why family planning is important in
relation to conservation activities and healthier families.
• Previously developed support posters were printed, laminated and distributed and 100 of them placed in strategic venues to promote the project’s behavior change messages.
• The health facilities do not have FP supplies; therefore, TKCP continues to refer clients to MSI. During MSI visits the region it can provide services to clients in the project sites.
• MSI provided resources for the training workshops and IEC materials for APEs to use when counseling the community on PHE and family planning.
Lastly, in order to monitor the project and behavior change, TKCP began data collection using the streamlined BMS introduced in the previous trip started in the Som region
Results from Activity 3.4 • 18 9M, 9F participants trained on PHE youth peer education Indicator 1.1
• TKCP continued to incorporate PHE tools into their work Indicator SO-1, by replicating the following tools Indicator 3.1
− PHE youth peer education − PHE adult peer education
• 43 participants trained on adult peer education Indicator 1.1 • 6 TKCP staff and partners training others on CBDPE, YPE program activities Indicator
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3.5 Provide seed grant and technical support to Volunteer Efforts for Development
